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Habitat. — Brazil. 



Resembles very much G. hirsuta, but the females have all 

 the rectrices reddish-bronze tipped with white, most extensively 

 so on the outermost ones. 



Total length, 4|in. Wing, 2|. Tail, ij. Culmen, i\. 



490. Glaucis mazeppa, Less., Troch., 1831, p. 18. 

 Trochiius superciliosus, Less., Col., 1831, t. vi. 

 Glaucis lanceolata, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. i., p. 8. 

 Mazeppa Hermit, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. i., p. 6. 

 le Glaucis de Mazeppa. 



Habitat. — Tobago, Guiana, Brazil. 



Crown of the head dull brown ; all the upper surface, wing^ 

 and tail-coverts bronzy-green, the latter fringed with gray ; 

 wings purplish-brown ; under surface deep fawn colour, fading 

 into buffy-white on the chin ; a small mark behind, and a 

 stripe below each eye buffy-white ; two centre tail-feathers 

 green at base, the remainder rich deep cinnamon-red, crossed 

 by a band of black near the extremity, and tipped with white ; 

 upper mandible black ; lower mandible yellow at the base, 

 black at tip ; feet yellow or flesh colour. 



491. Glaucis lanceolata, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. I, p. 8. 

 Lanceolate Hermit, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. i., p. 8. 



le Glaucis à queue en forme de lance. 



Habitat. — Para. 



Closely allied to G. mazeppa, but the tail feathers are 

 narrower, and much more pointed or lance-shaped. 



492. Glaucis melanura, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. i., p. 9, 



P.Z.S., i860, p. 364. 



Black-tailed Hermit, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. i., p. 9. 

 le Glaucis à queue noire. 

 Habitat. — Napo and Rio Negro. 



Much smaller than all the other species, and a greater 

 amount of black colouring in its tail, the extreme base, and 

 only that of the inner webs of the feathers being marked w^ith 



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